> The CBO estimates it will cost $3 trillion a year to provide universal healthcare.
That’s not $3T on top of what we currently spend, though. It just moves payments that go to insurers over into taxes. We already spend that $3T (and more!) on health care.
We know from the rest of the developed world that this is cheaper, too.
The single payer could force it to be cheaper. Much cheaper. In Poland we scrape by with 5% PKB which is 26 billion USD. But there's not enough doctors and nurses.
That’s not $3T on top of what we currently spend, though. It just moves payments that go to insurers over into taxes. We already spend that $3T (and more!) on health care.
We know from the rest of the developed world that this is cheaper, too.